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How Does Trodelvy Work For HER2-Negative, HR-Positive Metastatic Breast Cancer? Looking into the Newly Approved Option

For women with metastatic breast cancer that has stopped responding to treatment and contains hormone receptor (HR)-positive, HER2-negative characteristics, there is finally a new option. The FDA has ...
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40 Years After The Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Disaster, People Are Still Getting Cancer

40 years after the worst nuclear power disaster in American history occurred on Three Mile Island, people from the area are still getting sick, and the incidence of thyroid cancer is rising faster in ...
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‘Cancer Is Serious, But We Don’t Have to Be’ — Behind the Dark, Raw, and Hilarious Cancer ‘Meme Community’

A growing collection of posts on social media is helping thousands cope with cancer in an unexpected way: via pithy humor, foul language and deadpan one-liners that trade euphemisms and inspirational ...
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‘You’re Not Alone’: Lynton Daniel’s 14-Year Journey With Brain Cancer and the Promise of Precision Medicine

Lynton Daniel, 68, has lived with a rare brain tumor—grade 2 oligodendroglioma—since 2011, defying expectations. The treatment that is giving him a fighting chance, Vorasidenib, is an FDA-approved ...
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The NASA Surgeon Turned Patient: Dr. Jones’ Story

'Mission Control' highlights the remarkable journey of Dr. Jeff Jones, a Houston native and former NASA flight surgeon who, despite treating prostate cancer for years, ultimately faced the disease ...
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What Happens Between Relapse and CAR T-Cell Therapy — and Why This Step Can Be So Important

Bridging therapy is a critical short-term strategy used after relapse to keep fast-moving lymphoma under control while patients wait for their personalized CAR T-Cells to be manufactured. Its goal is ...
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The Journey of Transformation — ‘Emotionally, Mentally, Physically, Spiritually’ — Survivors Reflect on Life After Breast Cancer

Unexpected Blessings After a Cancer Journey Many survivors say they feel transformed after breast cancer. “Life will never be the same,” says survivor Irene Hong. “I am now Irene 2.0 instead of the ...
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A Woman’s Strange Symptoms Misdiagnosed as Menopause and Infection, But the Onset of Blurry Vision Helped to Reveal a Hidden Brain Tumor

Karen Tait, 58, endured two years of dismissed symptoms—fatigue, pain, and vision issues—before a sedated MRI revealed a benign brain tumor. She underwent a successful craniotomy for treatment. Dr.
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When a Friend Faces Cancer: Actor Kerr Smith, 53, Says Fellow ‘Dawson’s Creek’ Alum James Van Der Beek’s Colon Cancer Journey ‘Hit Me Hard’

More than two decades after “Dawson’s Creek” faded from primetime, its cast remains connected. Among those enduring friendships is Kerr Smith, 53, who portrayed Jack McPhee on the beloved teen drama, ...
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‘Days of Our Lives’ Star Suzanne Rogers, 82, is in Remission From Stage 2 Colon Cancer — and Embracing Life With a Fresh Perspective: ‘I Don’t Worry About The Small ...

Suzanne Rogers, 82, “Days of Our Lives” longest-serving actress, is in remission from stage 2 colon cancer and grateful for a renewed outlook on life after surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation ...
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A NASA Flight Surgeon & Naval Aviator Once Prepared Astronauts for Space Missions—Then Faced His Own: Surviving Prostate Cancer

Dr. Jeff Jones, 66, has spent his life preparing others for liftoff—first as a U.S. Navy aviator, then as a NASA flight surgeon. But when prostate cancer grounded him with a diagnosis of his own, he ...
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QVC Makeup Ambassador Laura Geller, 67, Was Diagnosed With Breast Cancer Between TV Shows—Now Cancer-Free, She Says Work and Love Got Her Through It

Laura Geller, 67, the beloved QVC beauty ambassador known for bringing radiance to women of all ages, says her own glow masked a quiet battle brewing beneath the surface. A few years ago, while ...